I think you should make two loaves… It’s so delicious, it’ll be gone in a heartbeat!

What every family needs is a good meatloaf recipe, and this one is the best I’ve found so far. I’m saying “so far” because I’ll probably keep trying new ones for as long as I live.

It’s not that I don’t think this is good enough – in fact, it’s just the opposite. I think this meatloaf is so tasty that it’s going to be hard, if not impossible, to top this. But that’s exactly why I occasionally search for new recipes. If I get lucky, some day I’m going to end up with another one that is even more delicious!

That’s exactly what happened to me with this recipe. I had made plenty of meatloaves before; I love the stuffed ones, and also the mini meatloaves (those are the kids’ favorite) but as soon as I realized you could cover your whole meatloaf with bacon, I knew it was going to be awesome.

You can choose turkey bacon if you want to make this a bit leaner – but personally I think you should always go for the real thing! Choose your favorite brand or try special flavors each time.

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Quick Tip: Instead of making one big meatloaf, make several smaller ones and wrap them in bacon. Adjust the baking time accordingly!

The Most Comforting Weekend Meal Ever

Right now the weather is getting pretty cold here up North! This is the perfect time for a nice, hearty stew, that will chase all that chilliness away and give you a warm feeling inside. I used to cook stew on the stove top, until recently, when I came across this recipe. This makes it even easier for me, as I can just leave it and return to it when dinner time is getting closer!

Use your favorite stew meat for this dish! I also love to add more vegetables; sometimes I add onions, turnips or even yellow beet. That’s one of the great things about this recipe – you can add pretty much anything you want, and it’ll be delicious after a full day in your slow cooker. I always use potato starch as a thickener, but tapioca flour can be used instead, if that’s what you prefer. Don’t forget to discard the bay leaf before serving!

“It’s difficult to cook beef,” that’s what I always heard from my Mom whenever we requested for something beefy other than spaghetti and meatballs. She always said it took hours to make the beef tender enough to taste good in recipes. She never liked cooking with hard meat; she always said they spoil the dish. Beef dishes also required a more focused cooking. One wrong ingredient or one additional minute in the stove, and the meat wouldn’t taste as good. I remember Dad saying that pig could be roasted whole over direct fire, but beef couldn’t. Still, it’s a household favorite. Because when beef is done perfectly, it makes the most delicious dishes since it has the best flavor among all meats.

Whenever we had beef on the table, I was always happy. I would always take advantage of the meal and come back for a second or a third serving because I knew it would be a month or two before I got to taste beef again. I love it especially when we have beef brisket. Mom’s beef brisket tasted sweet and salty. It’s also very moist and very tender. Most of the time, I didn’t even need side dish or dessert to make me feel content over a meal. Beef has me at the palm of its hand most of the time.

Back when we were kids, whenever Mom announced that we would have roast beef, my little brother and I acted like the most behaved kids in the neighborhood. My brother would always volunteer to set the table. And I, despite my thoughts on washing the dishes, always volunteered to do that after dinner. We also didn’t make any noise and just quietly watched our Mom make the best roast beef in town. Dad would be there in the kitchen too, sitting at the head of the kitchen counter, behaving himself. Mom always knew she had us at the palm of her hands whenever she mentioned those two words. And oh boy, how she took advantage of it. She would make Dad her kitchen assistant and we would get no complaints from him. She would ask my brother and me to do chores around the house, and we wouldn’t complain. As long as we got to have seconds of her roast beef, we would do anything. That’s how much we loved it.

I will go ahead and say that I am probably biased, but Mom’s roast beef is the best roast beef I have ever tasted in my entire life. I haven’t eaten anything that could even be compared to it. But then again, every recipe of hers was linked to a childhood memory of mine, which probably made it this special.

Mexican food is my favorite. Yep, I have said it before, I will quickly betray my Cuban roots to enjoy a nice big plate of Mexican fajitas or a burrito. I love how the spice in it adds just the perfect amount of flavor and even more than that, I love preparing my own tacos. That is one of my favorite reasons for enjoying fajitas. I am able to fill up my taco with just enough of everything I like. I create the balance and the mix and the flavors. It is awesome to be in control like that.

After eating fajitas at all the restaurants known to man in my area, I knew I had to start making them at home. My only beef with it was that fajitas stink up your hair. And badly. They stink up your clothes and everything and I figured it would stink up my house, too. That is when I found this recipe for slow cooker fajitas. It makes it easy and completely clean in my house to make it. And the smell is just good enough to know I am making food without stinking up my house. That is just how I like it!

Photo and recipe courtesy of Fit Slow Cooker Queen.

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Quick Tip: Stir occasionally and add a bit of water if the dish seems too dry.

Take a peek at what a happy reviewer had to say about these BBQ onion meatball bombs over at Hugs and Cookies XOXO:

“Wow!!! I’m sure I don’t need 3 strips of bacon or that much beef, but I have to try these. And it just so happens I have 3 strips of bacon in the fridge right now! You know Oprah says if you have bacon in your fridge you are not seriously dieting! LoL! These sound amazing and would be a real crowd pleaser. I cook for one and I must attempt this. Pinning and planning dinner right now!”

Who are you trying to fool? EVERYONE needs 3 strips of bacon in their life!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Hugs and Cookies XOXO.

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Quick Tip: Add a splash of Worcestershire sauce to these little bombs for an added kick of flavor!

There are many recipes out there that are known for their comforting character and gut-warming essence. Green pepper steak is one of them. Tender, juicy steak smothered in green peppers and onions laying atop a bed of white rice? Yes, please!

This type of food takes me back to my childhood on my grandmother’s farm. She would always cook things like cabbage rolls, green peppers and steak, and pierogies. It must be the German is our family, because these meals were staples at the dinner table. This is a great dish to whip up on a midweek day for a little tummy tender loving care.

Recipe courtesy of Cooks.com.

Quick Tip: Using leftover steak from a previous meal will work great when cooking up this dish.